lunch ideas
#13423 - 07/07/03 09:39 PM
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TessLouise
Reged: 01/21/03
Posts: 540
Loc: Nashville, TN
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Just found out that even though my supervisor wants to get our lunches at the childcare center (both kids and staff) catered so we'll have a hot meal every day, for now she hasn't had any luck so I'll be packing my lunch. I'm making a list of ideas--I want to be able to go a couple of weeks with no repeats, 'cause 1) I hate leftovers, and 2) if my food's appealing, I'm more likely to eat it and less likely to seek out a Burger King.... Here's what I've got so far:
Lunches:
Bagel, Tofu Cream Cheese and Vegetables, fruit, vegetable
Baked tortilla chips, homemade guacamole, fruit soy "yogurt"
Baked tortilla chips, homemade salsa, fruit soy "yogurt"
Crackers, pickled herring, fruit, vegetable
Crackers, Skordalia (Garlic-Potato Puree), fruit soy "yogurt", vegetable
Crackers, smoked oysters, fruit, vegetable
Grandma Millina's Organic Pasta Rings in Tomato Sauce, fruit soy "yogurt"
Pita bread, Foul Mudammas, fruit, vegetable
Pita bread, homemade hummus, fruit, vegetable
Tabbouleh, fruit soy "yogurt", vegetable
Yeast bread, almond butter, jam, fruit, vegetable
Yeast or quick bread (chocolate applesauce, lemon, or pumpkin), Healthy Choice vegetable soup, fruit soy "yogurt"
Yeast or quick bread, Imagine Natural Organic Creamy Tomato (or Broccoli, Butternut Squash, Potato Leek, Sweet Corn, or Portobello Mushroom) Soup, fruit
Fruits:
Applesauce
Banana
Grapefruit half
Homemade rhubarb sauce
Orange
Peach, peeled, sliced, and sprinkled with lemon juice
Vegetables:
Canned pickled beets
Canned sauerkraut
Green Beans with Garlic and Lemon
Wilted Cucumbers
Treats:
Apple Crisp
Homemade pudding
Homemade reduced-fat brownies
Maple Rice Pudding
Stacy's Pita Chips
If anyone has any suggestions, or wants any recipes, please post!
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I've come up with some more ideas.... (My boyfriend has gone out of town for ten days and he's super-worried I won't feed myself  so we spent an hour yesterday combing the grocery for easy IBS-safe foods for me.)
There's a microwave at work, so I bought some dairy-free, vegetarian frozen meals, including Amy's Vegetable Pie in a Pocket Sandwich, Amy's Mexican Tamale Pie, Tabatchnik Barley and Mushroom Soup, and Tabatchnik Old Fashioned Potato Soup (in a broth rather than a dairy base). I also bought two flavors of the Mott's Healthy Harvest applesauce--Granny Smith and Pineapple Pleasures (since the pineapple is pureed, I'm hoping I can tolerate it).
If any of the above seems to be an IBS problem or winds up tasting awful, I'll let y'all know  .
I also wonder if I could find spicy V-8 juice in lunchbox-size cans to take as a vegetable. I also have leftover Middle Eastern Chopped Salad to take this week (I'll post the recipe in a minute).
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I noticed you have tabouleh on your list of lunches, is bulgar ok to eat? I love taabouleh but stopped eating it...also, do you have a good recipie for it?
Thanks
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1) Yes, bulgar *should* be okay to eat, it's cracked wheat but as far as I know it doesn't have the bran still attached...Heather? Is this right? Of course you may not be able to handle the parsley and tomatoes, but I've been doing better lately.
2) I do have a recipe in a cookbook that I'm longing to try while tomatoes are in season--I'll post it as soon as I have a chance.
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I've seen the V8 Spice vegetable juice at the store in cans.
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I also bought two flavors of the Mott's Healthy Harvest Applesauce Cups......Summertime Strawberry & Peach Pedley. I have only tried the Summertime Strawberry.... very good, tastes kind of like a combo of applesauce & strawberry jello
I think these will be in my lunches for a long time now
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I love these - I keep them in my desk at work.
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